Simultaneous Mario Bros
January 9, 2025 8:33 AM Subscribe
From Awesome Games Done Quick 2025, four speedrunners play Super Mario Brothers at the same time, superimposed.
Tempted to show this to my kid in the hopes if she studies it enough she could finally get through a level, but on the other hand, right now she's watching a lot of CGPGrey and I don't think I want her chucking that to just watch speedruns all the time
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 8:54 AM on January 9 [1 favorite]
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 8:54 AM on January 9 [1 favorite]
Man, I haven't played SMB in decades and the muscle memory is there, making my thumbs twitch, and apparently the way I used to beat it is pretty close to a speedrun. I always got lost in that final castle though.
posted by AzraelBrown at 9:00 AM on January 9 [1 favorite]
posted by AzraelBrown at 9:00 AM on January 9 [1 favorite]
The tech used in this is really really cool!
posted by JHarris at 10:33 AM on January 9 [3 favorites]
posted by JHarris at 10:33 AM on January 9 [3 favorites]
Nice watch. I've watched a fair number of speed running videos and I always enjoy how much fun people are having. And how nice they are to each other and the larger community.
SMB speed running for people who don't watch it has some additional bits that aren't common in other ones because of how thoroughly it's been played and particular oddities in how it keeps track of time and how levels turn over (like at the end of the levels other than the final it pauses until the next "frame rule", which is 21 frames, so you can lose up to 20 frames in a level and still do the best for the overall game (of course those frames in each level matter for level-level records, which also exist)). This video talks about the framerule in more details: How is this speedrun possible? Super Mario Bros. World Record Explained.
posted by skynxnex at 10:43 AM on January 9 [1 favorite]
SMB speed running for people who don't watch it has some additional bits that aren't common in other ones because of how thoroughly it's been played and particular oddities in how it keeps track of time and how levels turn over (like at the end of the levels other than the final it pauses until the next "frame rule", which is 21 frames, so you can lose up to 20 frames in a level and still do the best for the overall game (of course those frames in each level matter for level-level records, which also exist)). This video talks about the framerule in more details: How is this speedrun possible? Super Mario Bros. World Record Explained.
posted by skynxnex at 10:43 AM on January 9 [1 favorite]
This run is fucking nuts! Thank you so much for linking it, I did not realize what STA stood for. Scalpel doing the Rubik's Cube blindfolded and then moving into the rest of the run without his glasses, what the actual fuck. Plus just really great screen design, with the map below and the insets for the deaths...
GDQ has been great this year. Passionate also about New Super Mario Bros. Wii on Piano by Wes, who's controlling the game with a joycon tied to his head and another on his feet while playing an arrangement of thematic Mario music as he goes. (Featuring a blindfolded, piano-playing Level 1-1 at the end.)
posted by peppercorn at 11:55 AM on January 9 [1 favorite]
GDQ has been great this year. Passionate also about New Super Mario Bros. Wii on Piano by Wes, who's controlling the game with a joycon tied to his head and another on his feet while playing an arrangement of thematic Mario music as he goes. (Featuring a blindfolded, piano-playing Level 1-1 at the end.)
posted by peppercorn at 11:55 AM on January 9 [1 favorite]
Aaaah... I've been falling asleep with AGDQ running, and I THOUGHT I remembered hearing piano renditions of the NSMB music for some reason!
posted by JHarris at 12:31 PM on January 9 [2 favorites]
posted by JHarris at 12:31 PM on January 9 [2 favorites]
Damn, this is really cool. I've only watched 1-1 and I already A) can't wait to watch to the end and B) don't want anyone to lose. But of course everyone wins in these charity matches!
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 7:05 PM on January 9
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 7:05 PM on January 9
OK well, someone decisively lost almost instantly but I forgot it's multiple runs and these guys are all friends and colleagues having fun so it truly doesn't matter, plus they're all so good to start with.
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 7:17 PM on January 9 [3 favorites]
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 7:17 PM on January 9 [3 favorites]
I was just curious about what it would like simultaneously and I started the video just to see and then I transferred the video over to my tv and then I watched the whole thing.
posted by jacquilynne at 7:31 PM on January 9 [4 favorites]
posted by jacquilynne at 7:31 PM on January 9 [4 favorites]
It's been such a good event! The crazy taxi run with live backing band was one of the most thrilling gdq runs I've seen, and it was not out of place this year.
I'm fascinated by the economics of this. We get a solid week of great entertainment, community building, inspiration in hobbies, and the cost of all this is, wait, you're telling me it raised $2.5M for charity?
posted by Hermione Dies at 1:28 AM on January 12 [2 favorites]
I'm fascinated by the economics of this. We get a solid week of great entertainment, community building, inspiration in hobbies, and the cost of all this is, wait, you're telling me it raised $2.5M for charity?
posted by Hermione Dies at 1:28 AM on January 12 [2 favorites]
The Crazy Taxi with band bit was awesome! I found their promo/tryout video on Youtube some months before AGDQ and linked to it from our gaming blog.
posted by JHarris at 1:48 PM on January 12 [1 favorite]
posted by JHarris at 1:48 PM on January 12 [1 favorite]
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